Litclues — June 18, 2026
Novels in the tradition of Shirley Jackson featuring an isolated protagonist unraveling
Mexican Gothic, The Silent Patient, House of Leaves, The Turn of the Screw
British campus novels satirizing academic pretension and class
Lucky Jim, The History Man, Small World, Changing Places
Novels set during or centered on the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947
Midnight's Children, A Fine Balance, Train to Pakistan, The Shadow Lines
Novels whose titles contain a compass direction
North and South, East of Eden, The Westerner, The North Water